Word: much
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Maybe that's why we went to Washington, all of us. When you come right down to it, it is much more important to act than to achieve. An achievement is just an excuse to act; the act itself is what keeps you alive. We acted in Washington. Those who stayed home might as well be dead...
...MONUMENT. Eventually it became clear that we would have to stop, because we couldn't move much further. Somewhere on the side of the hill we sat down. The Monument rose on our left. A lot of people nearby had to stand. Some of them were very friendly; some were aloof. On the stage, wherever that was, Dick Gregory spoke, and later Arlo Guthrie spoke and sang. Soon someone started speechifying. We tuned out. We ate the best apple God ever made, and we passed eggs and cookies too. A friendly, crazy old man handed us a canteen of "cold...
...park, still a little high, we looked up at the Monument. Suddenly it all became very clear. We dashed up the hill as fast as we could, joined hands, and began a mad round dance-the music was still playing-around the base of the Monument. But it was much wider than we thought, and there were only eleven of us: we pleaded with people to join us. They just stared. Soon we ran out of breath, and we quit...
...penalty kick by Stelios Orphanoudakis in the fourth period sent Dartmouth past Cornell, 2-1. The Big Red had jumped to an early lead in the second session on a goal by Peter Vorley, but Charlie S??cox tied the game for the Indians before the half much to the enjoyment of the Hanover crowd...
Though the camera tracks with her through the crowd, the surrounding night gives us the impression that the world is moving, not the frame. When the plane lands and the crowds breaks into a run, becoming suddenly much more distant, it's impossible to tell whether the camera or the people have moved. All we're sure of is the shining face of a woman pushing through a crowd, speaking the nonsense announcers spin out when they've nothing to say, hunting for a man whose location and identity are in question. Instead of defining the situation, showing us clearly...